05.02.1958. Bad Gastein Giant Slalom, men course length: 2400 m vertical drop: 602 m number of gates: 36 weather: postcard started: 77 finished: 63 temperature: +5C 1. Toni Sailer AUT 1.48.8 ( 5) 2. Josl Rieder AUT 1.52.6 ( 4) 3. Roger Staub SUI 1.53.9 (15) and Francois Bonlieu FRA 1.53.9 ( 6) 5. Bud Werner USA 1.54.5 (11) 6. Anderl Molterer AUT 1.55.3 (13) and Chiharu Igaya JAP 1.55.3 (12) 8. Adrien Duvillard FRA 1.55.5 ( 1) 9. Egon Zimmermann I AUT 1.55.8 ( 3) 10. Paride Milianti ITA 1.56.2 ( 7) 11. Guy Perillat FRA ( 8) and Fritz Wagnerberger FRG 1.57.3 (25) 13. Raymond Blaesi SUI 1.58.3 (20) 14. Beni Obermueller FRG 1.58.8 ( 2) 15. Tom Corcoran USA 1.58.9 ( 9) 16. Fredy Brupbacher SUI 1.59.0 (23) 17. Aasle Sjaastad NOR 2.01.4 (28) 18. Georgi Dimitrov BUL 2.01.7 (31) 19. Bruno Alberti ITA 2.01.8 (19) 20. Willy Forrer SUI 2.02.6 (30) 21. Gino Burrini ITA 2.02.7 (21) 22. Jaroslav Bogdalek TCH 2.03.5 (43! 23. Dave Gorsuch USA (32) and Karl Suess GDR 2.04.0 (37) 25. Wlodzimierz Czarniak POL 2.04.3 (27) 26. Ludwig Leitner FRG 2.05.2 (10) 27. Eysteinn Thordarson ICE 2.05.5 (35) 28. Bengt Blanck SWE 2.06.0 (49) 29. Masaru Sonobe JAP (39) and Kurt Hennrich TCH 2.06.8 (61! 31. Alexander Filatov SOV 2.07.4 (45) 32. Sigurd Rokne NOR 2.07.5 (57) 33. William Stevens CND 2.07.6 (62! 34. Stanislaw Gogulski POL 2.07.7 (59) 35. John Platt CND 2.07.9 (42) 36. Ulf Ekstam FIN 2.08.2 (60) 37. Roberto Siorpaes ITA 2.09.2 (29) 38. Marvin Melville USA 2.09.4 (24) 39. Andrey Gasienica-Roy POL 2.10.1 (48) 40. Ernst Scherzer GDR 2.10.5 (44) 41. Georgi Waroschkin BUL 2.11.6 (65) 42. Raimo Manninen FIN 2.12.2 (70) 43. Vitali Monastirev SOV 2.12.3 (64) 44. Rolf Olsson SWE (47) and Rene Farwig-Guillen BOL 2.12.4 (55) 46. Janko Stefe YUG 2.15.4 (54) 47. Eino Kalpala FIN 2.16.2 (76) 48. Werner Luetzendorf GDR 2.16.8 (36) 49. Kalevi Haekkinen FIN 2.16.9 (56) 50. Matevz Lukanc YUG 2.17.1 (52) 51. Peter Lakota YUG 2.17.2 (72) 52. Jean-Marc Leonard CND 2.21.3 (63) 53. John Semmelink CND 2.25.3 (40) 54. Vicente Ojeda ARG 2.25.8 (80) 55. Hermann Kindle LIE 2.26.5 (68) 56. Ismahil Savogy IRN 2.28.0 (86) 57. Edmund Schaedler LIE 2.31.3 (87) 58. Luis Sanchez SPA 2.33.3 (75) 59. Juan Garriga SPA 2.36.3 (79) 60. Diego Schweizer ARG 2.39.1 (77) 61. Ovaness Meguerdounian IRN 2.39.2 (89) 62. Reza Bazargan IRN 2.40.6 (85) 63. Felipe Rigat SPA 2.44.9 (69) DNS: Jan Gasienica-Ciaptak POL (18), Boerje Stenmark SWE (58), Mahmoud Biglou IRN (88); DNF: Charles Bozon FRA (14) (split-time:10 – 60.9) nasty fall, severe injuries, Sepp Behr FRG (22), Jan Thorstensen NOR (26), Petar Angelov I BUL (38), Eberhard Riedel GDR (41), Arvid Roehjell NOR (46), Marian Pekala POL (50), Anatoli Nazarov SOV (53), Ulfar Skaeringsson ICE (71), Jim de Quartel NED (73), Johann Vilbergsson ICE (74), Osvaldo Ancinas ARG (78), Pedro Antonio Caneva ARG (81), Milan Janc YUG (82). split time at gate No.28: 1. Toni Sailer AUT 58.4 ( 5) 2. Josl Rieder AUT 58.9 ( 4) 3. Bud Werner USA 59.4 (11) 4. Francois Bonlieu FRA 59.6 ( 6) 5. Roger Staub SUI 59.8 (15) 6. Adrien Duvillard FRA 60.1 ( 1) 7. Ludwig Leitner FRG 60.4 (10) 8. Anderl Molterer AUT 60.5 (13) 9. Chiharu Igaya JAP 60.8 (12) 10. Charles Bozon FRA (14) and Egon Zimmermann I AUT 60.9 ( 3) 12. Fritz Wagnerberger FRG (25) and Raymond Blaesi SUI 61.5 (20) 14. Guy Perillat FRA 62.0 ( 8) 15. Tom Corcoran USA 62.2 ( 9) 16. Fredy Brupbacher SUI 62.8 (23) Reuters has a 3:30 minutes (out of total of 6:42 minutes) silent report from this event available at British Pathe historical collection www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9BCVG24A58Y5WNC46LGGKE9HB-AUSTRIA- ALPINE-WORLD-SKI-CHAMPIONSHIPS-IN-BAD-GASTEIN/query/slalom + British Pathe have a 1 minute silent report from this event available at British Pathe historical collection www.britishpathe.com/video/mens-giant-slalom-1 .